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As I finished the final edits to this book, the New York Times featured an in-depth article about the failure of conventional medicine to cure more cancers.

According to the New York Times, adjusting for the size and age of the population, cancer death rates dropped only five percent from 1950 to 2005.

What other technology has performed so miserably over this 55-year period? Would you accept a medical therapy that has not improved much since 1950?

In contrast, the death rate from heart disease dropped 65 percent in that time, and for flu and pneumonia it fell 58 percent.

The New York Times was especially critical of expensive conventional treatments that subject patients to much mutilation and suffering, yet yield survival improvements of only a few months.

Clearly, as the Times states, “we are not winning the war against cancer.”

This book is written to show another side of cancer treatment and what you can do now to prevent getting this dreaded disease.

As a reader you must know there are no guarantees. Cancer kills and continues to kill. Yet there are some who beat it. Some beat it with traditional methods, and some with alternative methods. No one can tell you what will work for sure. You need to gather as much information as you can and make your own decisions.

But there is hope, and this book offers new choices. It is important
you know that there are more methods than traditional
chemotherapy and radiation available, and these are what this
book attempts to bring to you, my faithful readers. Although I
have always leaned toward alternative medicine, the testimonials
of the “cured” patients made a believer out of me.

It is a very brave choice to go against traditional medicine
and embrace the alternative route. It’s easier to try the traditional
route and then, if it fails, go to the alternatives, but often
it can be too late. My friend Farrah—would she have made it
if she had gone alternative first? There is no way of knowing.

When you receive a cancer diagnosis, you’re more vulnerable
than at any other time in your life. I’ve personally had the
experience twice, as you will read in this book, and my only
hope for survival was alternatives. But that was my decision,
what I thought best for me.

I cannot make up your mind for you. I can only offer you these
incredible professionals who have chosen to go another way.
Some are completely alternative, while some are more integrated,
but all are having success, great success.

Does everyone survive, though? The sad answer is no. Having
cancer is a lonely experience. It is the one time in your life that
you cannot ask those closest to you, “What should I do?” It’s too
heavy a burden to place on another person. This is your life, your
decision, and cancer kills.

Read this book carefully. See and feel if the information resonates.
I know that for myself, after having interviewed all of these
incredible doctors, scientists, professionals, and patients, my
choice overwhelmingly would be to use only alternative treatments
regardless of what kind of cancer I contracted.

I am not a doctor or a scientist, but merely a passionate layperson,
a filter, a messenger. I spoke with so many patients who
are living normal, happy, fulfilled lives, and their enthusiasm and
great quality of life convinced me that indeed you can live with
cancer. You can manage cancer. You don’t have to be degraded
by humiliating treatments and protocols. And in some cases, you
can be cured of cancer.

It is with great humility I ask you to read these pages and then
listen to your heart and choose what is best for you. Writing this
book has taken away my fear of cancer. I hope reading it does the
same for you.

Q:KNOCKOUT will forever change the way Americans view cancer
care. How has writing the book changed you?

Suzanne: Writing KNOCKOUT has taken away my fear of cancer.
If I were to contract cancer again, which I hope I don’t and am doing
everything I know to prevent, I would know which doctor to go
to and how I would treat it, depending on the type of cancer. For
me, my choice would be to go non-drug unless the cancer was
one of the three cancers that has been shown to be responsive
to chemotherapy: leukemia, including childhood leukemia; lymphoma,
including non-Hodgkin’s; and testicular, which of course
wouldn’t apply to me.

Q: Tell us more about chemotherapy sensitivity tests. Why aren’t
they used routinely and should cancer patients be asking for
them?

Suzanne: My late friend Farrah Fawcett called me last summer
saying she had been given three grueling rounds of chemotherapy
and yet the cancer had returned with a vengeance. She asked me
if I knew anything about German medicine and I mentioned the
clinic in Germany where she ultimately went for treatment. While
there, her doctors conducted a chemosensitivity test and found
that the chemotherapy she had been given was absolutely ineffective
for the type of cancer she had. So it begs the question, why
aren’t chemosensitivity tests being given to every patient considering
chemotherapy? Why throw chemo at a patient without even
knowing if it is the right “fit.” KNOCKOUT provides information
on how to access these tests. Dr. James Forsythe, featured in my
book, routinely sends his patients’ blood work to Germany and
Greece for analysis, so the patient who does undergo chemo is
assured that he or she is receiving a treatment that at least has a
chance of working. Patients need to know chemosensitivity tests
exist and ask for it if they are facing the prospect of chemotherapy.
Q: What information most surprised you as you conducted your
in-depth research with today’s cutting-edge Western-trained
doctors?

Suzanne: That cancer is manageable. That if you deprive cancer
of what it wants, by proper nutrition, avoiding toxins, avoiding
chemicals and pharmaceuticals, sleeping well, eliminating stress,
and balancing hormones with natural bioidentical hormones, you
have a real shot at keeping your cancer at bay. In this way, you are
managing your cancer. I interviewed many patients who are living
with serious cancers and leading normal, healthy, happy lives. It
was inspiring to say the least. This is a new approach, a new paradigm,
as opposed to treating with harsh chemicals and drugs.

Q: What is the key message you took away from your conversations
with these top physicians?

Suzanne: That the “war on cancer” is a dismal failure. That there
has been no progress in curing cancer in conventional medicine
for fifty years. The standard marker for success in conventional
cancer treatment is gauged by what is called the “surrogate end
point,” which is when a tumor shrinks after four weeks, even if
the patient dies in week five. Even if the patient dies! There are
only three cancers for which chemotherapy is effective. Certain
types of cancers, such as pancreatic cancer, do not respond at all
to chemotherapy, yet patients are routinely given this drug. The
cancer drug Adriamycin, which I turned down, has been proven
ineffective in up to 92 percent of the women to whom it is given
for breast cancer, yet it is still being administered. The conventional
treatment of cancer is big business—a $200 billion a
year industry—and conventional chemotherapy yields a two percent
response rate; contrast this with the doctors I am featuring
in KNOCKOUT, such as Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, who is actually
achieving higher response rates against glioblastoma, the most
common and most aggressive of the primary brain tumors, yet
these doctors have been persecuted mercilessly by our government.
We, the patients, need to know about options, so we can
make an informed choice regarding our treatment. KNOCKOUT
will be an eye-opener and, regardless of what treatment one
chooses—conventional, integrative, or alternative—at least you
will have been exposed to all aspects and will be able to make a
more informed choice for yourself or a loved one.

The main revelation for me is that there are other options. I
have been diagnosed with cancer twice, and no option other than
standard of care was offered.

Q: You write about prevention as the best course. Tell us why nutrition,
lifestyle, and dietary supplementation plans help protect
us from getting cancer in the first place.

Suzanne: According to the doctors I interviewed, cancer has exploded
due to the chemicals we are consuming and being exposed
to from all directions. Cancer is preventable if you take
lifestyle and diet seriously. I now eat as though my life depended
on it, and it does. I eat organic food and if I can’t get access to it, I take antioxidants to offset the free radicals. Sleep is essential, as are eliminating stress and balancing your hormones with real
natural bioidentical hormones taken in the right ratios prescribed
by a qualified physician. If you take these life choices seriously, you
can have a real shot at living cancer free.

Q: You write about an alternative therapy that is showing promising
results: replacing certain peptides that cancer patients lack—a
combination of amino acids called antineoplastons—to kill cancer
cells without killing healthy cells. Tell us about that.

Suzanne: Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski discovered many years ago that
people with cancer are always missing a certain peptide or amino
acid in their bodies; people who don’t have cancer have this peptide.
The peptide is produced in the liver and is responsible for inhibiting
cell multiplication. Without it, there is no control over cell
multiplication and cancer can run rampant. Dr. Burzynski has devoted
his life to reproducing this peptide, synthesized in a lab as
antineoplastons. When he gives this supplement to patients with
certain types of cancers, their cancer goes away. The cancers do not
only shrink, they are not only in remission, they disappear. He has
achieved a very high response rate with the toughest brain cancers.
He has passed through Phase II clinical trials and is now entering
Phase III to comply with the FDA. This is an amazing, lifesaving
breakthrough that does not degrade the body like harsh chemotherapy.
People on antineoplastons can go about their normal lives.
I believe one day Dr. Burzynski will be in the same category as Louis
Pasteur and other great scientists of the ages.

Q: What do you say to someone who wants to stay with the “standard
of care” treatments for cancer—surgery, radiation, chemotherapy,
and after-care drugs?

Suzanne: I know from personal experience that cancer is a frightening,
debilitating diagnosis. I understand and respect any decision
patients choose to make for themselves regarding their personal
health. We all have to make the choice that is right for us and for
our bodies. If someone chooses the traditional standard of care, I
would suggest they read the chapter in KNOCKOUT by Bill Faloon,
cofounder of the Life Extension Foundation. Bill and his scientific
advisory board have research-based information on complementary
drugs and supplements that can be taken in conjunction with
chemotherapy to lessen its harsh effects and make the chemo
more effective. This is a very important chapter.

And, it is essential to know that cancer kills, that there are no
guarantees. Cancer is sometimes so virulent and forceful that
no treatment can save the patient. Everyone with cancer has to
recognize the seriousness of this disease and respect it. We are
all different. Some people are reluctant to try alternatives. In that
case, the section on integrative doctors will be most helpful. Some
people like me would only try alternative treatments and in that
case I would go to Dr. Burzynski or Dr. Gonzalez. My oncologist
has helped me to keep my cancer at bay by prescribing bioidentical
hormones in the proper ratios. Hormones keep cancer-fighting
genetic switches turned on, so to speak, and are an important element
in my treatment of my cancer.

With this book, I sincerely hope to help people. KNOCKOUT
allows you to make an informed choice to save your life. Although I
realize it is controversial to go against the standard protocol of
cancer treatment, I found these leading doctors and spoke with
them for hours; I spoke with their patients and walked away
impressed and no longer afraid of this demon. After reading
this book, I hope that you come away feeling more informed
about and open to your options, knowing that you have some
power over this horrible invader and can direct your disease
treatment. Then it is up to you to choose what is best for you.

Epilogue
So what was the purpose? Why are we sent these things in life?
Where was the good?

And then it came to me so clearly: we could all benefit by this
experience. The ray of light, the hope, in that hospital room was the
knowledge that I had been compiling—information on doctors who
were curing cancer. Knowing that these doctors existed and were
having success gave me a reason to look forward. I held on to that,
and I realized that this is what we all need in our darkest hours: hope
and belief that there is a way out.

In this experience I found out who I was. I am a person who
loves deeply. I cherish those in my life who love me, and I know
that I am deeply loved. Because of this, I feel my life is a success.
I now have the chance to apply those feelings and live my life accordingly.
It is only about love.

I am not a victim. I used this opportunity to grow spiritually
and emotionally. I made it work for me, and so it became my
opportunity.

Thankfully, I dodged this bullet, but you, my wonderful readers,
might one day be in this same situation. Remember what you
have learned from this book: there are doctors who are healing in
another way. And maybe, just maybe, if you are ever in this horrible
situation, these doctors might give you the hope, comfort, and
healing that I was able to garner when I thought my life depended
on them.

I cried a lot writing this book. Every patient who told me his
or her story brought me to tears. Each doctor moved me deeply
with his or her passion, dedication, and courage. I learned a tremendous
amount from all these conversations, and now, as a result,
I am armed with the knowledge if I were ever to find myself
diagnosed again, I would know what to do; I wouldn’t be afraid. I
now know I can manage cancer and that I can possibly be cured
of cancer.

In the meantime, I worship the health I am enjoying. I care
for my body with all the tenderness and consideration that any
precious object would require. I am healthy; it is the greatest gift
I have given myself. I now know with certainty what it feels like
to think health is gone and life is almost over, and there is nothing
more important than health and taking care of this body that
houses me.

I hope you have gotten comfort and important knowledge as a
result of reading this book. It is an honor to bring this information
to you, and I am grateful that I had this experience.
Thank you for spending this time with me, and I am glad
to know you are now armed with choices that could save
your life.

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